Improved clothes-wringer



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QM. MgFoLlLETn; orV LAKE error, MINN-nsom.`

y Letters Patent No. 97,899, dated becembe'r 14, 1569,

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l l'I'LieV Schedule referred to these Letters Patent andviakingf'of thesame.

Be it known that I, M M. FOLLETT, of Lake City,

` in the county of W abashaw, and State of Minnesota,

`have invented a new and improved Clotlies-XVringer;

l Y and I do hereby declare that the following is a fnl],:clear,

`andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theait toinake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part vof this spetiidcatio'n,"y in 'which- `Figure 1represents a `side View, partly in section,

` of my `improved clothes-ningen`` 'Figure 2 is a vertical transversesection of' the same'.

" Similar letten-sof reierenceindicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a newapparatus for applying pressure tot-11e`rollers ofra wringer, withan object of obtaining eqnaland adjustablepower witbout any danger to the rubberof the rollers, or to the lartic-les to be dried.` y ,l

l `The invention consists in the combination bf the pressure-springwitha yscrew-rod, lever, and pressure-` L l l, rod, alhso arranged that thepressure applied will be l slotted sidebal's of` the frame, topressuponthe journ'arlsof the roller C. l i

y entirely equalat alltilnes, niidladjnstable to' fa', considerabledegree. l

i A, inthe drawing, is the franieof the wrlnger:

B, the lower roller, hnng in tlesame; and y 0,-the upper'.adjnstablerller." "I

D is the'bar, which, with its ends, ts' intojthe end of a spring, Gi

`herein shown and described.

From tbebanD'projects upward, through the top bar a of the frame, a rod,E.

To the upper surface af the bar ais pivoted a lever, F, and to the underside of the bar a is secured one The free ends ofthe lever and springare connected with each other by a rod, H, whoselengt-h, that-is" tosay, the distance between thespring and lever, canfbe regulated by anut, b.- l

The lever fits upon the upper end ofthe rod E, and the spring,r draws itdown upon the said rod, thereby applyingt-he pressure to the rollers.The power of the spring, and consequently, the degree of pressure, v

is regulated by the nut b.

vThe apparatus maybemodified by being doubled, if' desired, aithough Iseirforth.V p 4 Having thus described my invention, 1 I claim as new,and desire to l'secure by Letters Patent- The combination of tbe rollersof a wringer, with v the pressure-rod E, lever F, spring G, srcrew-rodH, and nut b, all arranged and operating substantially as M. M. FoLLnTT.

Witnesses: l n l H. D. S'ronkun, '4 l W. Dk. BROWN. s l

prefer the 'arrangement above

